[Gilberto V. Martinez describes his life as a migrant worker traveling with his family between Texas and Wisconsin].

Gilberto V. Martinez describes his life as a migrant worker traveling with his family between Texas and Wisconsin. Martinez talks about moving from school to school, working the farm, and getting involved with PASSO (Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations) to politically empower Me...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Mexican voices/Michigan lives series.
Corporate Author: Vincent Voice Library
Other Authors: Martinez, Gilberto V. (Interviewee)
Valdés, Dennis Nodín (Interviewer)
Rivera, Diana Huizar (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2006]
Series:Mexican voices/Michigan lives series.
Subjects:
Martinez, Gilberto V. > Interviews.
Political activists > United States > Interviews.
Martinez, Gilberto V. > Political activity.
Children of migrant laborers > Education.
Mexican Americans > Civil rights.
Mexican Americans > Political activity.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (2 hr., 23 min., 16 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Gilberto V. Martinez describes his life as a migrant worker traveling with his family between Texas and Wisconsin. Martinez talks about moving from school to school, working the farm, and getting involved with PASSO (Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations) to politically empower Mexican Americans in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He describes raising money to pay the Texas poll tax, finding candidates, those candidates being fired when they were elected, and merchants refusing to sell to the new Chicano officials. Martinez also describes coming to Michigan, enrolling at Michigan State University, and continuing as a community activist. Interviewers are Michigan State University Professor Dionicio N. Valdés and MSU Librarian Diana H. Rivera.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 7405
Playing Time:02:23:16
System Details:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Event Details:
Recorded by the Vincent Voice Library, July 28, 2006.